Hose supporter



Jan. 28, 1947. H R N 2,415,008

HOSE SUPPORTER Filed Oct. 24, 1944 Patented Jan. 28, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE nosE sUPPoR'rEn George W. Harlan, Cooper County, Mo.

My invention relates to improvements in hose supporters adapted to support socks or stockings properly on the legs.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a novel sock or stocking supporter for replacing the usual rubber garter, substituting therefor a band eliminating rubber, which preferably is non-elastic, combined with "a novel structure by which a metal spring effects the required tension for holding the band firmly, yet yieldingly, in its proper position on the leg.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a novel hose supporter, of the kind described, which is simple, cheap, strong, durable, easily and quickly applied or removed, which is not likely to get out of order and which is efiicient in operation. I

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is an outside view of my improved hose supporter, shown partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, with part of the band removed and one end thereof unfastened.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the hose supporter shown mounted in operative position supporting a sock or stocking on-the leg.

Fig. 3 is a vertical edge view of the supporter, parts being shown in elevation and parts in vertical section.

Fig. 4 is a side edge elevation of the connecting intermediate member and the spring.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of one of the band fastening loops shown attached to one end portion of the band.

Fig. 6 is an edge view of the other loop attached to a portion of the other end of the band.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

designates a band adapted to encircle and embrace the leg, 2, and which is preferably nonelastic and may consist of leather or some suitable cloth material.

For connecting the ends of the band I and for supporting a sock or stocking 3 on the leg 2, the following described parts are employed.

Intermediate of the ends of the band I, is provided a connecting member 4, which may be of any suitable material, as sheet metal or plastic, and which has at its upper end a downwardly facing arcuate concave grooved portion: 5, and below and spaced from said grooved portion and upwardly flaring flattened funnel shaped por tion 5.

Application October 24, 1944, Serial No. 560,108

lClaim. (01. 2-321) I Extending transversely across said shapedportion 6, adjacent to the lower end of said portion, is an element comprising, as shown, a rivet or pivot pin I, located in the axis of said groove, the ends of which are respectively fastened in the inner and outer sides of the funnel shaped portion.

A wire spring has a portion 9 encircling the pin I in the funnel shaped portion 6, in which the spring is held normally in V shape, with one of its end portions I0 bearing in fixed position against the inner side of the right inner wall of the funnel shaped portion. The other end portion of the spring, designated by II, normally extends radially and bears against and is held under compression by the left inner wall of the funnel shaped portion 6, the outer end of the radial portion II extending into the groove 5, which is formed by an arcuate downwardly extending flange I2 at the same side of the connecting member 4 as is the funnel shaped portion 6 and the springs radial portion I I.

Between the flange I2 and the funnel shaped portion 6, the radial end portion I I of the spring is formed into a loop I3 adapted to have releasably fastened to it a hooked end I4 of a wire loop I5, through which extends the adjacent looped end of the band I. A usual type of buckle I6 is adjustably mounted on the band I and fastened to the adjacent end of the band, for permitting the adjustment of the band I to a proper length for use.

The other end of the band I has attached to it a fastener comprising as shown, a loop I'I having an eye I8 encircling and having fastening engagement with the shank of a headed pin I9 mounted on the connecting member 4 at the left end of the arcuate flange I2, as viewed in Fig. 1.

With the band I embracing the leg, above the sock or stocking, the hook I4 of the loop I5 is engaged with the loop I3 of the radial end portion II of the spring which is swun to the right, as viewed in Fig. 2, and held under increased compression. The connecting member 4 is preferably disposed at the outer side of the l The lower end of the connecting member, below the. pin I, has a horizontal slot 20 through which extends the looped upper end of a cloth I strip 2| of a usual releasable hose supporting device, which has a wire loop 22 pivoted at its upper end to the strip 2I. The said hose fastening device has the usual button 23 fastened to the Strip 2i and adapted to engage the inner side of the sock or stocking 3 and hold it extended through the wire loop, as shown in Fig. 2, for releasably supporting the sock or stocking, in the usual manner.

The resiliency of the spring will securely hold the hose supporter in its proper position, and the supporter eliminates the need of rubber in the band I.

Many modifications of my invention, within the scope of the appended claim, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

In a hose supporter, a band adapted to embrace the leg, a connecting member, of relatively hard material, as sheet metal or plastic, extending downwardly from its upper end and outer side to form an arcuate flange convex at its upper edge and concave at its lower edge to make an arcuate downwardly facing concave groove, said member having at its outer side spaced from said flange an upwardly flaring flattened funnel shaped portion, a pivot pin in said funnel shaped portion with its ends fastened to the inner and outer sides of said funnel shaped portion at approximately the axis of said groove, a spring coiled around said pin with two diverging arms respectively held compressed against the flaring inner sides of said funnel shaped portion, one of said arms extending radially across the space between said funnel shaped portion and said flange into said arcuate groove adjacent to one end of said groove, means for attaching one end of said band to said connecting member adjacent to said end of said groove, means for releasably engaging the other end of said band to said radial arm of said spring between said flange and said funnel shaped portion, whereby, when said band embraces the leg, said radial arm of said spring will be swung in said groove toward the other end of said groove increasing the compression of said spring, and means supported by said connecting member for releasably attaching it to a sock or stocking.

GEORGE W. HARLAN. 

